for quality improvement methods to be used to evaluate public health policies, provided data can be drawn continuously from different sources. Regardless, for the time being, NPIs are the only tool in the armamentarium for controlling COVID-19, and this report inJAMAserves to quantify important ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health measures, such as social distancing and universal masking, were originally implemented to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2; these public health measures were subsequently also observed to reduce transmission of other common circulating RVIs. In this study,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly and globally since February-March 2020. Shelter-in-place and social distancing measures have been enacted or recommended all over the world to slow down transmission and reduce both the load on the healthcare system and overall mortality. In this context...
COVID-19political trustpolicy stringencyWhile degraded trust and cohesion within a country are often shown to have large socioeconomic impacts, they can also have dramatic consequences when complianceBargain, OlivierAminjonov, UlugbekSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
As federal COVID-19 public health emergency support and waivers expire, healthcare providers, payers, and other private stakeholders can strategically respond.
COVID-19 has provided food for thought in many areas of public health that need to improve for us to respond to a similar health crisis in the future efficiently. COVID-19 has affected some countries more than others, and this has primarily been a matter of strategy. Some countries adopted...
The burst of the COVID-19 pandemic forced governments around the globe to take health care interventions. One that caused significant controversies is the use of masks among the general public1,2,3. Initially, it was assumed that the primary mode of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was through cou...
Responding to COVID-19: Addressing the public health crisis Information for US state leaders ALL INFORMATION CURRENT ONLY AS OF 4/17/2020 THIS DOCUMENT IS INTENDED SOLELY TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS AND EXAMPLE PRACTICES. THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ADVICE. CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY Any...
We hope this will happen with COVID-19. This is not a public health intervention and not in Table 1. In the Spanish flu epidemic there was a respite before the virus returned more virulently [11]. Summers might bring respite even if lockdowns are relaxed but the virus seems to survive...
In response to COVID-19, governments worldwide are implementing public health and social measures (PHSM) that substantially impact many areas beyond public health. The new field of PHSM data science collects, structures, and disseminates data on PHSM; he